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May 10 1536

Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk English Earl Marshall

May 10 1697

Jean Marie Iaine Leclair French composer and violinist born in Lyon France (d. 1764)

May 10 1705

Gallus Zeiler German composer born in Kempten (d. 1755)

May 10 1724

Johan A Zoutman Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)

May 10 1727

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot French minister of Finance (17.. -76)

May 10 1730

George Ross US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)

May 10 1760

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle French soldier author and composer (La Marseillaise) born in Lons-le-Saunier France (d. 1836)

May 10 1760

Johann Peter Hebel German writer (Allemannische Gedichte) born in Basel (d. 1826)

May 10 1769

Jean Lannes duc de Montebello Marshal of France

May 10 1770

Louis Nicholas Davout French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)

May 10 1788

Augustin-Jean Fresnel optics pioneerphysicist

May 10 1788

Catherine Pavlovna of Russia German queen (d. 1819)

May 10 1810

James Shields Irish-American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Altmore County Tyrone Ireland (d. 1879)

May 10 1813

Montgomery Blair American lawyer (Dred Scott V Sandford) born in Franklin County Kentucky (d. 1883)

May 10 1824

Charles Henry Van Wyck American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Poughkeepsie New York (d. 1895)

May 10 1830

Francois M Raoult French physicistchemist (law of Raoult)

May 10 1838

James 1st Viscount Bryce historianstatesman

May 10 1840

Hadzhi Dimitar Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)

May 10 1841

James Gordon Bennett Jr. American publisher (d. 1918)

May 10 1843

Kaufmann Kohler German-born American reform rabbi and theologian born in Frth (d. 1926)

May 10 1843

Benito Prez Galds Spanish novelist (Episodios Nacionales) born in Las Palmas Spain (d. 1920)

May 10 1847

Wilhelm Killing German mathematician (d. 1923)

May 10 1850

Thomas Johnstone Lipton yachtsmantea magnate (Lipton Tea) born in Glasgow Scotland

May 10 1855

Anatoli Liadov composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] born in St Petersburg Russia

May 10 1857

Hendrik Zwaardemaker Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)

May 10 1858

Frederick Zech Jr American composer and pianist born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1926)

May 10 1866

Lon Bakst Russian painter and scene and costume designer born in Grodno Belarus (d. 1924)

May 10 1867

Jim Kelly Australian cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905) born in Port Melbourne Australia (d. 1938)

May 10 1868

Ed Barrow American baseball manager (d. 1953)

May 10 1873

Jan Kalf literaryart historian (Preservation of museums)

May 10 1874

Moses Schorr Polish rabbi senator historian and orientalist (d. 1941)

May 10 1876

Ivan Cankar Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)

May 10 1878

Gustav Stresemann German chancellor (1923 Nobel 1926)

May 10 1267 Viennas church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb

May 10 1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining

May 10 1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague

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